Full Text of SB2713 94th General Assembly
SB2713 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 SB2713
Introduced 1/20/2006, by Sen. Arthur J. Wilhelmi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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70 ILCS 1825/14 |
from Ch. 19, par. 264 |
70 ILCS 1825/15 |
from Ch. 19, par. 265 |
70 ILCS 1825/16 |
from Ch. 19, par. 266 |
70 ILCS 1825/18 |
from Ch. 19, par. 268 |
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Amends the Joliet Regional Port District Act. Provides that the County Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the County Board, may appoint 3 members to the Joliet Regional Port District Board, who will serve for 6-year terms (now, the presiding officer of the County Board may appoint one member). Provides that the County Executive shall make the appointments within 60 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning local government.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Joliet Regional Port District Act is amended | 5 |
| by changing Sections 14, 15, 16, and 18 as follows:
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| (70 ILCS 1825/14) (from Ch. 19, par. 264)
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| Sec. 14. The governing and administrative body of the Port | 8 |
| District shall
be a Board consisting of 9
7 members, to be | 9 |
| known as the Joliet Regional Port
District Board. All members | 10 |
| of the Board shall be residents of Will County.
The members of | 11 |
| the Board shall serve without compensation but shall be
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| reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by them in the | 13 |
| performance of their
duties. However, any member of the Board | 14 |
| who is appointed to the office of
secretary or treasurer may | 15 |
| receive compensation for his services as such
officer. No | 16 |
| member of the Board or employee of the District shall have any
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| private financial interest, profit or benefit in any contract, | 18 |
| work or
business of the District nor in the sale or lease of | 19 |
| any property to or
from the District.
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| (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
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| (70 ILCS 1825/15) (from Ch. 19, par. 265)
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| Sec. 15. Within 60 days after this Act becomes effective | 23 |
| the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate | 24 |
| shall appoint 3 members of
the Board who reside within the | 25 |
| District outside the corporate boundaries
of the city of Joliet | 26 |
| for initial terms expiring June 1st of the years
1959, 1961, | 27 |
| and 1963, respectively, and the Mayor, with the advice and
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| consent of the City Council of the City of Joliet, shall | 29 |
| appoint 3 members
of the Board who reside within the City of | 30 |
| Joliet for initial terms
expiring June 1st of the years 1958, | 31 |
| 1960, and 1962, respectively. Of the 3
members each appointed |
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| by the Governor and the Mayor not more than 2 shall
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| affiliated with the same political party at the time of | 3 |
| appointment. Within 60 days after the effective date of this | 4 |
| amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, the County | 5 |
| Executive of Will County, with the advice and consent of the | 6 |
| County Board, shall appoint 3 members of the Board for terms | 7 |
| expiring June 1st of 2008, 2010, and 2012, respectively.
The
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| County Board of Will County shall appoint one member of the | 9 |
| Board for an
initial term expiring June 1, 1963.
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| At the expiration of the term of any member, his successor | 11 |
| shall be
appointed by the Governor, Mayor, or County Executive
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| County Board of Will County in like
manner and with like regard | 13 |
| to political party affiliation and place of
residence of the | 14 |
| appointee, as appointments for the initial terms except
that | 15 |
| after September 30, 1973, appointments to be made by the county | 16 |
| board
shall be made by the presiding officer of the county | 17 |
| board, with the advice
and consent of the county board .
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| All successors shall hold office for the term of 6 years | 19 |
| from the first
day of June of the year in which the term of | 20 |
| office commences, except in
the case of an appointment to fill | 21 |
| a vacancy. In case of vacancy in the
office of any member | 22 |
| appointed by the Governor during the recess of the
Senate, the | 23 |
| Governor shall make a temporary appointment until the next
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| meeting of the Senate when he shall nominate some person to | 25 |
| fill such
office; and any person so nominated, who is confirmed | 26 |
| by the Senate, shall
hold his office during the remainder of | 27 |
| the term and until his successor
shall be appointed and | 28 |
| qualified. If the Senate is not in session at the
time this Act | 29 |
| takes effect, the Governor shall make temporary appointments
as | 30 |
| in case of vacancies. The Governor, the Mayor, and the County | 31 |
| Executive
presiding officer
of the county board shall certify | 32 |
| their respective appointments to the
Secretary of State. Within | 33 |
| 30 days after certification of his appointment,
and before | 34 |
| entering upon the duties of his office, each member of the | 35 |
| Board
shall take and subscribe the constitutional oath of | 36 |
| office and file it in
the office of the Secretary of State.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
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| (70 ILCS 1825/16) (from Ch. 19, par. 266)
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| Sec. 16. Members of the Board shall hold office until their | 4 |
| respective
successors have been appointed and qualified. Any | 5 |
| member may resign from
his office to take effect when his | 6 |
| successor has been appointed and has
qualified. The Governor, | 7 |
| the Mayor and the County Executive
presiding officer of the | 8 |
| County
Board of Will County, respectively, may remove any | 9 |
| member of the Board they
have appointed in case of | 10 |
| incompetency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in
office. They | 11 |
| shall give such member a copy of the charges against him and
an | 12 |
| opportunity to be publicly heard in person or by counsel in his | 13 |
| own
defense upon not less than ten days' notice. In case of | 14 |
| failure to qualify
within the time required, or of abandonment | 15 |
| of his office, or in case of
death, conviction of a felony or | 16 |
| removal from office, the office of such
member shall become | 17 |
| vacant. Each vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired
term by | 18 |
| appointment in like manner as in case of expiration of the term | 19 |
| of
a member of the Board.
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| (Source: P.A. 78-1128.)
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| (70 ILCS 1825/18) (from Ch. 19, par. 268)
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| Sec. 18. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at | 23 |
| least once in each
calendar month, the time and place of such | 24 |
| meetings to be fixed by the
Board. Five
Four members of the | 25 |
| Board shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of | 26 |
| business. All action of the Board shall be by ordinances or
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| resolution and the affirmative vote of at least 5
4 members | 28 |
| shall be
necessary for the adoption of any ordinance or | 29 |
| resolution. All such
ordinances and resolutions before taking | 30 |
| effect shall be approved by the
chairman of the Board, and if | 31 |
| he approves thereof he shall sign the same,
and such as he does | 32 |
| not approve he shall return to the Board with his
objections | 33 |
| thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the Board
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| occurring after the passage thereof. But in the case the |
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| chairman fails to
return any ordinance or resolution with his | 2 |
| objections thereto by the time
aforesaid, he shall be deemed to | 3 |
| have approved the same and it shall take
effect accordingly. | 4 |
| Upon the return of any ordinance or resolution by the
chairman | 5 |
| with his objections, the vote by which the same was passed | 6 |
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be reconsidered by the Board, and if upon such | 7 |
| reconsideration said
ordinance or resolution is passed by the | 8 |
| affirmative vote of at least 6
5
members, it shall go into | 9 |
| effect notwithstanding the veto of the chairman.
All | 10 |
| ordinances, resolutions and all proceedings of the District and | 11 |
| all
documents and records in its possession shall be public | 12 |
| records, and open
to public inspection, except such documents | 13 |
| and records as are kept or
prepared by the Board for use in | 14 |
| negotiations, legal actions or proceedings
to which the | 15 |
| District is a party.
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| (Source: Laws 1957, p. 1302.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 18 |
| becoming law.
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